A turbocharger is the best power-adder by far. Not only do turbos harness otherwise wasted exhaust energy to drive the compressor, their modular nature lets compressor and turbine housings and wheels ...

Astro Mechanica's engine operates in three distinct modes: Mode 1 uses an electric motor to spin the "blisk" – a bladed disk the company makes in-house that acts as the compressor/turbofan instead of ...

How A Turbocharged Engine Works: A turbocharged engine is designed to generate more power from a smaller engine. It does this ...

Back in the early 2000s, some controversy emerged about the practice of spraying large amounts of fog directly into the compressor. Some claimed that this led to blade erosion, pitting, and scaling.

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...